Well-muscled and hairy, Ole is 300 kilos (more than 660 pounds) of uncastrated boarhood. The fine specimen of a purebred Swabian-Hall stud pig works at his farm's "Eros Center" breeding area, helping ...

Find the best farm animals for beginners among heritage livestock breeds. Pick a pig, get a goat, decide on a donkey, and ...

Cheryl Sanders took this photo in Bear Valley Springs of a Pot-Bellied Pig sow that was wandering around in the vicinity of ...

MUNICH, Feb. 3 – German scientists plan to clone and then breed this year genetically modified pigs to serve as heart donors for humans, based on a simpler version of a U.S.-engineered animal used ...

Genome Alberta, with partners, is funding other genomic research initiatives in agriculture. One of these has the aim of ...

With everything ‘80s making a comeback, the perm could be next—but as usual, animals are way ahead of us. Many domestic animals, such as pigs, horses, and chickens, have been bred to sport wavy locks.

The Mangalitsa pig, a "heritage breed" hailing from Hungary, is prized for its flavor. The woolly coat is a bonus. Courtesy Molly Peterson, Heritage Hollow Farm Jere Gettle was 8 years old when he ...